GG reviewed The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Review of 'The Book Thief' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The pros: Entertaining story, likable characters, great emotional payoff, the foreshadowing keeps you turning the pages.
The cons: Reads like it was written with a movie deal in mind. Foreshadowing is too heavy-handed. The use of Death as a character is gimmicky and doesn't really add much. Too many cliché tropes we've already read in a thousand other Holocaust narratives.
Overall, four stars. I'd recommend it.